Participant to Produce ‘Sea Fog’ With ‘Parasite’s Bong Joon Ho

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Newly-launched RTG Features, the sister studio to basketball media company SLAM, has set one of its first projects, co-financing and co-producing a documentary about Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, who passed away in August at age 78.Kirk Fraser, whose credits include ESPN 30 for 30’s Without Bias, is directing docu and will also produce under his May 3rd Films banner.

When “Parasite” debuted back at Cannes 2019, no one thought the film would become the massive hit that it turned into.

The TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2020 has been released and some of the most iconic names in the entertainment industry have featured on the list. The diverse list features a list of actors, directors and musicians from different cultures and walks of life.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions, Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman’s New York-Based production company which has credits including the upcoming action thriller Red 48 with John Malkovich and Tyrese Gibson, has named Zola Glassman as Director of Development.Joining from 30WEST, Glassman will oversee the development slate and also seek new creative and financial opportunities for the indie banner.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: The London Korean Film Festival will celebrate its 15th anniversary from October 29– November 12 in both digital and physical forms. This is the first year the event will offer online screenings available to audiences across the UK, along with a selection of special cinema screenings in London.

Last spring, the global coronavirus pandemic had the Toronto Film Festival organizers grappling over some big decisions: go virtual or remain an in-person festival this September. So TIFF co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey in May turned to Randy Lennox, president and CEO of Canadian media giant Bell Media, to help take TIFF past that fork in the road to where Hollywood and its audiences increasingly live: online.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music“Dynamite,” the first single recorded entirely in English by South Korean pop sensation BTS, is a bonafide hit in the U.S. following a successful launch at Top 40 radio coupled with key television appearances, like the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug.

For a lot of Americans, words like “West Bank,” “Palestine,” and “Israel” exist more as political ideas rather than actual places, denoting a struggle that transcends a particular location. To understand this region and the reasons people live the way they do there (behind walls, passing through checkpoints, in the midst of one’s fiercest enemies) takes a nuanced understanding of history spanning World War II, conflicts in 1948 and 1967, and a series of accords over the last 20+ years.

Podcast network Wondery has lined up a new slate of audio programming that will cover topics as varied as the downfall of a powerful politician, the battle for pizza primacy and the rise of Kamala Harris. The four-year-old company, which made an early mark on podcasting with shows like Dirty John and Dr.

A new movie based on the 2014 Korean feature Haemoo is in the works from writer-director Matt Palmer and has Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho attached to produce. Awards season regular Participant is behind the project, titled Sea Fog, that will be produced byDooho Choi and Lewis Taewan Kim, along with Ho.Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Anikah McLaren will executive produce.

Bong Joon Ho may have won multiple Oscars, including Best Picture, for “Parasite,” but there are many film fans (especially some around these parts) that consider “Memories of Murder” the filmmaker’s finest achievement.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerParticipant and Oscar winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho have teamed up for a new adaptation of Sea Fog, a feature based on Bong’s 2014 Korean film Haemoo, which will be written and directed by Matt Palmer (Calibre).The original film, which was directed by Shim Sung Bo and written by Bong and Shim, was adapted from the 2007 stage play by the same name and inspired by a true story.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is set to produce the immigration drama “Sea Fog” at Participant Media.Matt Palmer, who directed “Calibre,” is writing and directing “Sea Fog,” based on a previous draft by Oren Moverman.“Sea Fog” is based on the 2014 Korean film “Haemoo,” which follows a fishing-boat crew on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of undocumented immigrants from China to Korea.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first look still for Everybody Hates John, the Norwegian comedy that TrustNordisk is launching sales on at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival.The movie is a hybrid animation / live action project, as you will see from the image. It chronicles the life of Johan, a small town loner with a flair for dynamite who finds himself in constant conflict with the rural community.

For a lot of Americans, words like “West Bank,” “Palestine,” and “Israel” exist more as political ideas rather than actual places, denoting a struggle that transcends a particular location. To understand this region and the reasons people live the way they do there (behind walls, passing through checkpoints, in the midst of one’s fiercest enemies) takes a nuanced understanding of history spanning World War II, conflicts in 1948 and 1967, and a series of accords over the last 20+ years.